Which returned more over the last year, EWH or FXI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWH returned +7.3% and FXI −13.9%.

Which is cheaper, EWH or FXI?

EWH is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EWH and FXI overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWH and 0% of FXI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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EWH vs FXI: Differences, Returns & Fees

EWH and FXI hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and EWH returned +7.3% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.2bn for iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF and $4.0bn for iShares China Large-Cap ETF.

EWH costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.2 points; FXI is 3.3 times larger.

	EWH	FXI
Expense ratio	0.50%	0.73%
Net assets	$1.2bn	$4.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.3%	−13.9%
What it tracks	MSCI Hong Kong 25/50 Index	FTSE China 50 Index
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	70.0%	57.4%
Below its high	8.7%, high on May 13, 2026	29.0%, high on Feb 17, 2021

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+7.3%

EWH total return, 1 year

−13.9%

FXI total return, 1 year

0.50%

EWH expense ratio

0.73%

FXI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EWH and FXI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

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half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EWH FXI

HKD/USD 0.00% 0.00%

Only in EWH

AIA GROUP 22.61%

HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING 14.10%

CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS 5.77%

BOC HONG KONG HOLDINGS LTD 4.60%

CLP HOLDINGS 4.55%

TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES COMPANY-100 4.40%

SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LTD 4.24%

LINK REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST 3.57%

Only in FXI

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 9.20%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 9.01%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 8.91%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 6.46%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 4.60%

XIAOMI 4.35%

MEITUAN 4.29%

NETEASE 3.90%

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On the same fields

EWH

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

FXI

iShares China Large-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of China Large-Cap

Total return, 1 year +7.3% −13.9%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −9.9 pts −31.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.73%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 29 52

Net assets $1.2bn $4.0bn

EWH and FXI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

EWH in plain words

EWH tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 29 positions, with the top ten at 70.0%. It sat 8.7% below its high of May 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

FXI in plain words

FXI tracks an index of China Large-Cap. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −13.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.73% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 57.4%. It sat 29.0% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWH or FXI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWH returned +7.3% and FXI −13.9%.
Which is cheaper, EWH or FXI?: EWH is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWH and FXI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWH and 0% of FXI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EWH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EWH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EWH ↗FXI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FXI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for FXI ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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